Teamster Trade Divisions
Not limited to members in local or state government, the Public Services Division also includes members at these types of large colleges, such as at Cal State and Minnesota State.
Universities
Teamsters don’t just deliver new vehicles to car dealerships via carhaul trucks—they also load and unload cars onto this type of rail-based transportation mode.
Train
Under the First Student National Master Agreement, Teamsters nationwide drive thousands of students on buses every day to these places of learning—which have elementary, middle, and high levels.
Schools
Rev. Addie Wyatt, in the 1950s, was the first African American woman elected as international vice president of a major union, the Amalgamated Meat Cutters—based in this largest city in Illinois.
Chicago
Am I muted? The Data and Contracts Department offers training for Zoom, which allows users to join conference calls on their computer, tablet, or this type of device—either mobile or landline.
Phone
The Building Materials and Construction Division covers Teamsters who deliver ready-mix, build pipelines, drive dump trucks, and pave roads with this blacktop material, which is known as bitumen in UK.
Asphalt
Teamsters make flying a breeze! The Airline Division covers members who are reservation, gate, and counter, agents at this “patriotic” airline, where all its flight numbers start with AA.
American OR American Airlines
The UPS National Master Agreement covers the 340,000 Teamsters who move and deliver packages across this continent—which is home to the US, Canada, and Mexico, among other countries.
North America
In 1897, Mary Harris “Mother” Jones—once dubbed “the most dangerous woman in America” due to her labor advocacy—was an organizer of these workers, who extract natural metals by digging.
Miners
Through our department’s Salesforce program, local unions can generate email lists to specific audiences, like for a group of these elected shop floor leaders, whose title begins with “S”.
Stewards
The Industrial Trades Division covers a range of fields, like parking, laundry, and manufacturing, including the Local 135 members at Monosol who help produce laundry detergent pods for this brand.
Tide
Based in this most populous state in the U.S., the Teamsters who deliver packages for Amazon contractor Battle Tested Strategies are currently on strike and have extended their picket line to facilities as far as New Jersey.
California
The current ABF National Master Freight Agreement prevents the use of these inward-facing recording devices in the cabs of trucks driven by Teamsters.
Cameras
Lindsay Dougherty is a Teamsters International Vice President, the Motion Picture Division director, and the principal officer of Local 399, which is based near this movie-centric area of Los Angeles.
Hollywood
Teamster locals can request contracts for reference from the 350,000 agreements in our department’s library—just give us a call at the International Union, which is based in this U.S. capital city.
Washington, DC
Members in the Motion Picture Division work as drivers, animal wranglers, and in other jobs for the production of movies and TV shows, like Perry Mason on this three-letter streaming network.
HBO or MAX
What’s your favorite sundae topping? In the Food Processing Division, Local 58 Teamsters at the Tillamook dairy plant in Oregon help process this frozen milk-based dessert.
Ice Cream
Teamsters working under the DHL Express National Master Agreement transport parcels for flights to and from these large passenger & cargo transit facilities, which DHL calls gateways or hubs.
Airports
In May 1943 in Los Angeles, Mazie Lanham became the first woman to drive a UPS package car, as UPS diversified its workforce due America’s involvement in this worldwide conflict from 1941-1945.
World War II
Other departments at the International Union use contracts data to build financial reports and digital versions of these geographical tools—which (probably) won’t lead to treasure but are still useful!
Maps
Teamsters in the Solid Waste and Recycling Division haul all kinds of unique waste materials—like members at Ridwell, who transport double A and lithium-ion types of these small electrical items.
Batteries
Rail Conference Teamsters in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen work as engineers, brakemen, firemen, switchmen, and in this job, just like the director of an orchestra.
Conductor
The Anheuser-Busch National Master Agreement covers Teamsters who brew and bottle this caramel-colored alcoholic beverage, with brands like Michelob Ultra, Budweiser, and Busch Light.
Beer
Maria Ashley Alvarado, as the director of the Teamsters Women’s Conference, gave the opening speech at the 2023 Women’s Conference, which was held in this “Music City” in Tennessee.
Nashville
To continue building our library of Teamster contracts, local unions submit CBAs and other contracts data to the International, like this 5-digit postage code that’s part of a U.S. worksite’s address.
Zip OR Zip Code